Students' API scores gain; principal's hair loses

With the theme of "We rocked the CSTs," Principal Erasmo Garcia took on the look of a rock star when he had his hair cut into a mohawk after his students at Danbrook Elementary School improved their API score by 81 points.MICHAEL GOULDING, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

Principal Erasmo Garcia promised his students at Danbrook Elementary he would shave his hair into a mohawk if they improved their Academic Performance Index by 40 points this year. The Anaheim campus instead increased its score by 81 points, the biggest increase in the county, so the principal followed through with his pledge on Wednesday.

Students screamed, teachers laughed and Garcia grinned while the electric shaver carved the hair off his head. Afterward, Garcia said his new look fit perfectly with his Halloween costume as a rock star.

With the theme of "We rocked the CSTs," Principal Erasmo Garcia took on the look of a rock star when he had his hair cut into a mohawk after his students at Danbrook Elementary School improved their API score by 81 points. MICHAEL GOULDING, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Principal Erasmo Garcia takes on the look of a rock star after he had his hair cut into a mohawk after his students at Danbrook Elementary School improved their API score by 81 points. MICHAEL GOULDING, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Principal Erasmo Garcia has his Mohawk haircut shaped and colored because the students of Danbrook Elementary School improved their API score by 81 points. MICHAEL GOULDING, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Danbrook Elementary School students, left to right, Bryce Ann Kruse, Sarah Kruse and Pedro Ramirez watch with amusement as Principal Erasmo Garcia has his hair cut into mohawk. MICHAEL GOULDING, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Principal Erasmo Garcia checks out his new look in the mirror at Danbrook Elementary School on Wednesday. MICHAEL GOULDING, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
To the theme of "We rocked the CSTs," Principal Erasmo Garcia took on the look of a rock star when he had his hair cut into a mohawk after his students at Danbrook Elementary School improved their API score by 81 points. MICHAEL GOULDING, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Denise VandenRaadt got into the rock-star theme at Danbrook Elementary School in Anaheim on Wednesday. MICHAEL GOULDING, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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